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Implosion of living Nautilus under increased pressure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2016

Yasumitsu Kanie ,
Yoshio Fukuda ,
Hideaki Nakayama ,
Kunihiro Seki  and
Mutsuo Hattori
Yasumitsu Kanie
Affiliation:
Yokosuka City Museum; Fukadadai, Yokosuka 238, Japan
Yoshio Fukuda
Affiliation:
Research Laboratory of Public Health of Chiba Prefecture; Nitona, Chiba 280, Japan
Hideaki Nakayama
Affiliation:
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center; Natsushima, Yokosuka 237, Japan
Kunihiro Seki
Affiliation:
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center; Natsushima, Yokosuka 237, Japan
Mutsuo Hattori
Affiliation:
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center; Natsushima, Yokosuka 237, Japan
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Abstract

In a hyperbaric chamber, a living mature specimen of Nautilus pompilius withstood a hydrostatic pressure of 8.05 MPa (80.5 kg/cm2) equivalent to 785 m deep in the sea. Thereafter it was killed instantly by implosion of the shell. Before implosion, the animal reacted physiologically to increasing pressure. Therefore, the depth of 785 m can be assigned the depth limit of N. pompilius. The result bears on critical interpretations on the paleoecology and paleobiology of extinct nautiloids and ammonoids with similar shells.

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Paleobiology , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , Winter 1980 , pp. 44 - 47
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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